| File:FM Towns Marty Logo.png | |
| File:FM-Towns-Marty-Console-Set.jpg FM Towns Marty console with controller | |
| Manufacturer | Fujitsu |
|---|---|
| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Fifth generation (32-bit/64-bit era) |
| Release date |
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| Introductory price | ¥98,000 (then c. US$710)[1] |
| Discontinued |
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| Units sold | 45,000 (as of December 31, 1993)[2] |
| Media | CD-ROM, 3 1⁄2-inch floppy disks |
| Operating system | Towns OS, Windows 95B OSR2 |
| CPU | AMD 386SX at 16 MHz |
| Memory | 2 MB |
| Display | 352×232 – 640×480 resolutions, 256 colors on-screen out of a palette of 32 768; TV composite and S-Video output |
| Graphics | Fujitsu custom graphics chip |
| Sound |
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| Backward compatibility | FM Towns |
The FM Towns Marty[n 1] is a fifth-generation home video game console released in 1993[3] by Fujitsu, exclusively for the Japanese market. It is often claimed to be the first 32-bit CD-based home video game system, although it has a 16-bit data bus, just like the earlier Commodore CDTV and Sega CD, which both have Motorola 68000 processors that are similar internally 16/32-bit, but with a 16-bit data bus. The console came complete with a built in CD-ROM drive and disk drive. It was based on the earlier FM Towns computer system Fujitsu had released in 1989. The Marty was backward-compatible with older FM Towns games.
In 1994 a new version of the console called the FM Towns Marty 2 (エフエムタウンズマーティー2, Efu Emu Taunzu Mātī Tsū) was released. It featured a darker gray shell and a new lower price (¥66,000 or US$670) but was otherwise identical to the first Marty. It is widely believed that the FM Towns Marty 2 would feature similar improvements to the FM Towns 2, which had a swifter CPU than the first, but this was not the case.[4] It has also been speculated that the Marty 2 featured an Intel 486 CPU; however, this was also discovered to be false.
There is also the FM Towns Car Marty (エフエムタウンズカーマーティー, Efu Emu Taunzu Kā Mātī) for installation in automobiles. It included a built in navigation system with audio and video guidance, and could also be detached from the car and played at home.[5] An optional IC Card for the FM Towns Car Marty allowed it to use VICS,[5] and was subsequently sold with a video monitor.
External links[]
- tripod.com/~faberp/: General information and pictures
- consoledatabase.com: Console Database entry
- nfggames.com: FM Towns Marty Disassembly
- gamesx.com: FM Towns Controller Connector
- xe-emulator.com: Xe, an emulator collection - domain appears to be squatted
- gamescollection.it: Fm Towns Marty games database
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- ↑ Die, 16-bit, Die! at
ign.com - ↑ 清水欣一『富士通のマルチメディア・ビジネス』オーエス出版社、May 15, 1995第1刷、March 14, 1997第4刷、ISBN 4-87190-415-6、151頁。
- ↑ "Home Page".
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "FM Towns Marty Disassembly". Nfggames.com. 2007-08-12. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "International News". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (54): 92. January 1994.
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